Show PLAY FOR BIG POTS Indian Tribes Who Are Betting Their All Al on a Game of Sing For three thre days dars and four nights the Indians of or this part of Northern North North- em ern Arizona have b been en engaged In an extraordinary gambling fiesta festa Most Io t Indians In the Territories are re gamblers but the and the arc are the most reckless of all Years a ago o these theBe tribes rivalled rivaled the In wealth The love Jove of oC gam gam- bling has Impoverished Impo them until now their thel material conditions are pitiful Three years ears ago aso these two Indian tribes had a notable gambling contest In their common camping ground along alons the Colorado river fort forty miles north of ot this place At that time the won von about er e everything in sight from the HuaJI ls Then the latter later went back to their reservation among the White Hills His and b by work among the silver miners and hard labor on their little farms they mana managed cd to get gel together enough material material ma ma- things for tor another gambling bout but with wih their time old gambling el ad adver adver- I saries sll-les sll It I Is for this bout that the they ha have vc now no met The Indians have gathered up all al their blankets Ur arms arm battered household utensils ponies and horses fancy Caney feathered and head garments and andare andare andare are prepared to wager their property until one tribe or the other throws up Its Ia hands hand because It I has wagered and lost It Its all oil I During the present fiesta testa the stakes pledged In gambling ha hae ha e included horses wagons ons old ra trap rattle ratte t tIe trap buggies weather-beaten weather saddles dilapidated harness haress woolen blankets brass and aller silver all sil sl- sl ver er jewelry quantities of ot Intricate b d ork scrapes elaborately worked moccasins and In ut 1000 In cash The whole hoie represents the gambling wealth of or the thc two tribes The long j of oC gaming gamins Is ducted In a a huge built bui by the young bucks or chaparral anti and grasses grases A smoky fire of ot twigs and tried so sod Is at no side of the rude structure It would have ha driven en an any white man Into the open with Its Is heavy am smudge ud gc The tribes camp on the lulls hills his about the main The gaming Is kept up b by squads of or players Many lany of oC the younger bucks never neer leave the from the time the game Is opened until the last one Is closed The most mOt earnest earest gaming opens early cary each evening when lighted candles are arc stuck in the ground around about the and every person In the as assembled assembled as- as tribes cy C Is present to join In the excitement of o th the gambling if It not actively ac ac- uc- uc to participate In the game An hour after sundown when the active game sume of a sing gamble begins In the two wrinkled d and hobbling old bucks enter with wih the OW layout This consists of or Wooden chips twice the size of or a sliver silver siver dollar dolar I O tal tally sticks all al Wrapped rapped In gayly decorated straw mats and two bags bass of thin bark shavings complete the outfit Straw mats are spread before the tire mire and two men from each side Ide seat seal themselves themselves them them- selves s facing each other and arc are ready for fOl business The TIme adherents of or the rival rl players range themselves In their rear and watch the game with ith Intense Interest and bet recklessly A paleface cannot Imagine the excitement that th l the they suppress suppress sup sup- up- up press as their black eyes follow Colow the game One of or the players takes ten chips one of of them distinguished from the thc others h by a n white 1111 ring and und divides ldes them Into two equal piles pleS and carefully mixes them with wih the bark buik shavings He lie liethen le then grabs one pile pie shavings and all al In each hand and moves his hand in a circle rapidly from right to left let while one of ot the opposite side Jue guesses ses In which hand band ho holds the white ringed rinsed chip or queen as 89 It Is called caled If I the Jues Js right one of or the tally taly sticks Is taken from the players player's pile pie and given to th but If Jhen the gue guesser er I wrong the guessers guesser's rs r's pile phd suffers The guessing Is done after ater deep stud study Each Ench side started with sixty sticks sUcks and when one side has won them all the game will vili wi come to an end TheA The A ar nr now thirty-six thirty ahead but the end Is not yet et In sight Bets are constantly being made made noton noton not noton on the i las la's but on ott 01 the outcome out out- conic come of ot the he game and all al will wi be settled set set- tied ted til ut the same aarne time These bets consist consist con con- slat of at mone money blankets horses guns gun cows harness and everything the betters better betters bet bet- ter o e even evon to the clothing on their bucks bucka bucks Occasionally gaming gaining will ill wi become very cry r noisy und the the tribes will wi e endeavor or to cheer the players and anti therefore help their own bets by hV shouts and amid yells ells and und deep guttural songs br Fanc Fancy what a it I noise would be made b by a lot Jot of excited Indians yelling eln the following yo Ilcy-yo o le ho-ho ho Hey yo o Hl ho ho-ho ho-ho ho J tf ho ho-ho ay aye 81 c. c ae Ing I Pachango Ah h oh a a s a-a a cahn Pa o Th The whole assemblage of or redskins takes up this yell ell and continues It I over o and over oer keeping keepinG U tithe time with their clapping clap clap- clapping ping hands and swaying swaying- bodies To the white spectator the game Is I most monotonous but never ne cr so to those who have ha e so deep ah atm Interest In the outcome of of the he pa play In former days the tribes cm cam together to the number number num num- ber of hundreds dM and even thousands on each side I ln man Ariz Correspondence Corre Corre- Chicago Inter Ocean |